Hammock-swing.



No. 766,818. PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904. W. H. FRAMPTON. HAMMOGK SWING.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 25, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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Patented August 9, 1904.

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WVILLIAM H. FRAMPTON, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

HAMMOOK-SWING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,818, dated August 9, 1904, Application filed January 26, 1904:- Serial No. 190;?361. (No model.)

To 0.7/7, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. FRAMPTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- peka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammock-Swings, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in hammock-swings, and has special reference to an improved adjustable device for swinging and supporting a hammock.

The main object of my invention is to provide a support or standard in which is swingingly mounted and supported a frame to which may be adjustably secured a hammock, the said frameand hammock being so arranged as to swing between the standards or supports.

To attain these objects, the invention consists of an adjustable support and swing embodying novel features of construction and combination of parts, substantially as disclosed herein.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the upper end of one of the supporting-standards and a corner of the liammoclvswinging frame, showing the connections therein. Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation thereof. Fig. i is a detail view of the lower end of the hammock-swingingarm, to which the hammock is adjustably secured. Fig. 5 is a side elevation-thereof, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view showing the connection between the base and one of the supports.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the sill or base, whose ends are connected to the casting 2, which-is further connected to the supporting-legs 3. Mounted in the socket 4 of the casting are the lower ends of the vertical standards or supports 5, which are braced fromlateral movement by the two braces 6 and from horizontal movement by the large braces 7. Secured upon the outer face at the top of each one of the standards is an adjustable plate 8, the same being secured by means of the two bolts 9. This plate is provided with a slot 10 for the reception of the spindle or hook 11, carried upon the ends 12 of the horizontal strip 13. Secured to and depending from this strip near the ends thereof within the standards are two supportmg or hanging arms 14, which are braced from inward or outward movement by means of the braces or brackets 15, which are secured to the under side of the horizontal strip 13 and to the inner faces of the arms. In order to brace the horizontal strip and properly support the same, I provide the curved strip or brace-bridge 16, whose ends are secured to the horizontal strip above the arms and has the under brace or supports 17 so arranged between the bridge and horizontal strip as to allow the tension thereof to be adjusted, and thereby properly brace the horizontal strip. Secured to the lower end of the arms is a hammock-supporting bar 18, which is provided upon itsinner faces with the hooks 19, by which the hammock 20 is hung. a

From the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the drawings, it is evident that 1 provide an improved construction of adjustable hammock-swing which is the embodiment of simplicity, durability, and inexpensiveness, thus providing a thoroughly efficient and practical device of this character.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described hammock-swing, consisting of a base, castings 2 connected to said. base, supporting-legs secured to said castings, a pair of vertical supports or standards 1 se cured in each casting, a plate 8 secured to the upper end of each of said supports provided with a slot in the upper end thereof, a horizontal strip provided with a spindle in each end rotatably mounted in said slots, two supporting-arms secured and depending from the under side of the ends of said horizontal strip, a curved brace 16 having its ends secured to the upper face of said horizontal strip opposed of the supporting-arms, for the purpose set to the ends of the supporting-arms, a series of braces secured to the upper face of the horizontal strip and to the curved brace, a pair of brackets 15 secured to the under face of the horizontal strip to support the arms for bracing said arms and the strip, and hammocksupporting bars connected to the lower ends forth. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. FRAMPTON. Witnesses:

E. H. CoNEY, E. J. PINKERTON. 

